Lighting-fixture.



B. F. GUTH.

LIGHTING FIXTURE.

APPLICATION rnnn NOV. 15. 1912.

1,076,418. Patented 0ct.21,1913.

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W/TNESSES: [NI/5M0: $24 4% I Edwin F.Gubh.

UNITED SVIU-KTES PATENT OFFICE.

LIGHTING-FIXED (EBB.

Patented Oct. 21, 1 913.

Appliigation filed November 18, 1812. Serial No. 751,8QL

Specification of Letters Pntnt.

-ful Lightinglixture, of which thofollow 'ing is filltll a full, clear, and exact deal-riplion us will ennhlo any one skilled in the ip-t to which it apporiuins to make and use no .sunio, inference living had to the :ircoiiipziiiylug: drawings, forming part of thia optimi-v tiuation.

My invention relates to a lightiu fixture for ctlecting what. may he tornio 5213!- indireot lighting of interiors, that 13 iil- Instead of the flange 9 of Fig 3- a boil #0 though the fixture. is designed to entirely shnpgitl. memhor H supportgd. from ni eliminate the disadvantage of direct. lightpie 7 and having a flange 1 may he used 2) ing', not all the rays are malle -toil.

One of the objects of my invention is to produro an oven ('llSllllHlllfill of tight, not against the coiling. I (5. only. poi-muting some of tho light to puss In the use of the fixture, ii portion of the downward, but also directing ii portion of it rays of light will pass throughtht @w'i, b outwardly toward the walls of the room. ing dill'usecl and softened thcreby l Other Another object of the invention is to pro rays will he roliootod from tho innejreflectduce a siiupio, inexpensive, duriihlo lixtui-o ing surface of the bowl to the outer surfure of attractive design which may be easily usof thr (nnopy and tin-re rrflvvted outward somhlcd or taken apart for cleaning. and downward and still another portion of I have-:ilso iroduceci a fixture which may the rays will he dirmtly rolluvted by the ho constructed almost, entirely from glam Canopy. It will thus he observed that with and thus secure freedom from rust. and the my improved fixture the advantages of inhost; 'mssihio insulation when usod for elvo diroct lighting will be secured rognrdloss of trip lighfin the ('olor of the. \i'iilis or ceiling, and also The pro erred manner of accomplishing that the light will ho distributed over the the objects set forth will more fully appear entire area hon oath tho fixture. A further in connection with the following \ltlillllKl :ulvnntngr of the fixture lies in the fact that $0 description.

in the drawings whii-h show onev ruihodimoot of my invention, ig'urol is :i plan viviv, Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 2% u viow partly in cross section. Fig. 4 illuslrnlos n modiliod form of vunopy supporting moans;

l dosigrhltos the rolling limx 2 :i. wiro ("up duit, and 4 a. junction l)ox., 'lo tho upper wall of the junction hox is alluohod n rrowfoot 5, and in thromlod Ougngolurnl'.thol'o with is a connecting niomhi-r comprising :i szuldlo or hiokoy t3 and :1 nipplo 7 through \Vlll('ii oloctrio wirrs may pur 'sio tho soolu-l 8.

7 is n iinngo nut in iliroiidvd ongugoincnl with tho sooltt't (up and is adapted to support on opmpuor trzinslurvnt gluon can py Hi and to adjust it against the wiling. This (IIHDHVLlh profvi'uhly cylindrirul, as shown,

and its upper rim hears against the ceiling, thus covering from view the wiru and ceiling connections. The lmvur surf-nee of the cauopyis preforahly flat and parallel with tho ceiling and serves as a reflecting surface to reflect, the rays oi liglit bot-h downwardly and toward the walls of the noun. 'hupported from the cano )y the ro s or wiros 11 is a translucent lass .iowl 12 surrounding the hump 13. %he rim of tho bowl ispreferably so positioned that all the rays; (If light which do not pass throu h the bowl will strike tho reflecting sur are oi tho canopy.

support the canopy, t$ illustrated in Fig. Tho sonewg 1,6 39.1 m to adjust "the curiopy it; not. only diffuses the light, but also dirrvts it in a short path to tho space where it t is desired, thus most c iioionlly utilizing all the li ht produrvd hy the lump. Another vuluahlo v inrnvteristic of my.fixture is that tho light from the source is handled fefiicivni ly, the rays being directed in the shortest possililo path from tho source to the loiyer portion of tho room where they are of most; sorviro, Thu reflection of light from the walls and ohivvtn in the room to the ceiling. sutliviontly lights it. My fixture therefor, handles the light much more efficiently than any othor lighting fixture known to main that it effectively hrings practically all the" li ht to the workin plane first instead of directing or permitt ng a large portion to pass to tho (oiling to be reflevted thence to the working plane. Ceilings, unless spo vially mmstructed, are poor reflectors and,

moreover, the intensity of light decreases rapidly with increasing distance from the source.

I am aware that modifications in details of construction may be made without sacrificing the principle of my invention and I, therefore,'do not desire that it be limited otherwise than by the appended claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as ne and desire to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States is:

1. In alighting fixture, the combination with a reflecting member having a horizontally disposed flat lower reflecting surface, of a translucent light diffusing bowl open ing toward the central portion of the reflecting surface and positioned a short distance below said surface to provide free space for the passage of light between the reflecting surface and the upper edge of the bowl, the bowl opening being of smaller area than the reflecting surface, bowl suspending means attached to the upper part of the bowl, and a source of light within the bowl and near the reflecting surface, the relative position of the bowl, source of light and reflecting surface being such that all of the rays of light not passing directly from the source to the inner surface of the bowl will strike opening toward the central portion of the flat reflecting surface, the area of the bowl opening being less than that of the said reflecting surface, a lamp in the lamp receptacle and extending into the bowl, means for suspending the bowl so that light passing downwardly through it will be unobstructed, the bowl, lamp and reflecting surface being positioned with relation to each other to cause substantially all the rays of light from the lamp to be directed downwardly and distributed in a diffused condition over the entire surface of a horizontal plane beneath the fixture and of greater area than the reflecting member.

EDWIN F. GUTH. [1 5.] Witnesses:

G. M. SHORE, W. A. ALEXANDER. 

